FYI

-Chris


> -----Original Message-----
> From: setiweb@... [mailto:setiweb@...]
> Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2008 1:10 PM
> To: cerickson@...
> Subject: Save the Arecibo Telescope: Write to Congress
>
> Dear Christopher Erickson,
>
> Arecibo Observatory, the world's largest radio telescope and the
> source for the SETI@home data that your computer analyzes, faces
> massive budget cuts that will END its ability to continue the search
> for life beyond Earth. The decision to ensure full funding currently
> rests upon votes in Congress on Senate Bill S. 2862 and House
> Resolution H.R. 3737. These bills desperately need more support.
>
> Please take a moment to help us SAVE ARECIBO.
>
> Clicking the link below will direct you to a web page that allows you
> print out letters prepared for your Senators and Congressional
> Representative urging them to support Arecibo. Printing and mailing
> the letters is really easy, too! You will also have the chance to add
> a few personal thoughts, if you wish, to let your Senators and
> Representative know why this funding is important to you! And if
> you're really feeling passionate about saving Arecibo, please use
> these letters as the basis for letters you write yourself, urging
> your congressmen and women to vote to save Arecibo.
>
> Because our representatives in Congress rarely give much attention to
> all the email they receive, printing out and MAILING these letters via
> standard U.S. Postal mail remains our best option for contacting them
> and our best hope for saving Arecibo (The second best option is to
> call your representatives). Your 42 cent stamps on these letters could
> help us get the millions of dollars needed to save Arecibo.
>
> Our search cannot continue without the necessary support. Your work, as
> SETI@home participants, represents an indispensable resource for
> conducting the search. Now, we need your help to ensure that our other
> most valuable resource - our eyes and ears to the cosmos - can continue
> to probe the universe as we seek to answer the question: Is there
> anybody out there?
>
> http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/arecibo_letter.php
>
> Thank you for your help,
>
> The SETI@home Team
>